[Vwdiesel] vw bus engine in a JD lawn tractor

[James Hansen]

Pretty cool tractor, thanks Travis.
It's a type 3 motor, single port head with dual solex carbs.  I converted my
fuel injected fastback to these carbs. Oh man was early vw fuel injection
ever a turd from a tall cow if there ever was one. I have a 68 notchback
with these carbs on it from stock, motor might have originated from 68 or so
Notch.
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of travis gottschalk
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:47 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] vw bus engine in a JD lawn tractor
> 
> 
> Couple questions. I know nothing on air cooled gas VW engines. My
> father just bought a JD 140 Lawn tractor with a VW bus engine in it. My
> father always does write-ups on all the things we own in our tractor
> collection and he was wanting some info on this engine. What years
> would it have been made, what would the size be HP and cc (ex. 1600
> cc). It has a mild cam in it and dual carburetors. Any help would be
> appreciated. This is the link on ebay and there is a youtube video of
> it running. The guy that put this in died a few years ago and the
> seller doesn't know much about it.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200417191446&ssPageN
> ame=ADME:B:EF:US:1123
> 
> Thanks,
> Travis G
> 
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